Chandrabadani Devi

Chandrabadni Devi
Chandrabadni Devi
	Chandrabadni Devi
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Tehri Garhwal
Deity	Chandrabadni Devi
Location
Location	About 10 km north of Kandi Khal, 35 km from Devprayag and 109 km from Narendra Nagar
State	Uttarakhand
Country	India
Elevation	2,277 m (7,470 ft)

Chandrabadani is a mountain (2,277 m above sea level). On the border of Devaprayag tehsil and Pratapnagar tehsil is the well-known temple of Chandrabadni Devi, lying at the top of the mountain about 10 km. north of Kandi Khal (a place on the Devaprayag-Kirti Nagar metalled road).^[1]

In Indian mythology

The legend says that the torso of Sati fell here and her weapons got scattered all around the place. Thus, even today huge number of iron trishuls (tridents) and some old statues can be seen lying around the revered temple of Chandrabadani.

Sight-seeing

The place has views of the Surkanda, Kedarnath and Badrinath peaks. The temple is small and contains a Shri-yantra carved out on a flat stone instead of any idol. Traditionally, a cloth canopy is tied to the ceiling over this Shri-yantra once a year and the Brahmana priest doing it has to do it blind-folded.

Access

By road, one can reach Jamnikhal, which is about 31 km from Devprayag by road and 109 km from Narendra Nagar. From Jamnikhal it is a 7 km plus one km walk uphill to Chandrabadani Temple. Nearest railhead is at Rishikesh and nearest airport is Jolly Grant of Dehradun.^[2]

References

External links

[1] "Hill Temples: Chandrabadani Devi Temple". 5 June 2009.

[2] "Chandrabadani - Chandrabadni Devi Temple Tehri Uttarakhand India".

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